Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-05-05
The Late DIR. j. q. Hollands
Opinion
A PHYSICIAN CLIMBING THE EDITORIAL.
STAIRS.

STAIRS.
The columns of the newspapers ap-
pear to be flooded with proprietary med
icine advertisements. AS we cast our
eye over them, 1t brings to mind all ar
ticle that was published by the late DR..
Holland in Scribner's MonAly He
says: Nevertheless, it is IL fact that
many of the best proprietary medi-
cines of the day were more successful
than many phycians, and most of them,
it should be remembered, were at first
discovered or used in actual medical
practice. When, however, any shrewd
person, knowing their virtue and fore
seeing their popularity, secures and adj
vertises them, then, in the opinion of
the bigoted, all virtue went out of
them"
Is not this absurd? This great man
appreciated the real merits of popular
remedies, and the absurdity Of those that
deridel them because public attention
was called to the article and the evil
dence Of their cures. If the most noted
physician should announce that he had
made u study of any certain organ or
disease Of the body, or make his sign lar
ger than the code size, though he may
have practised medicine and been lead.
er in all medical councils, notwithstand
ing all this, if he should presume to add
vertise and decline to give his discovery
to the public, he would be pronounced
Il quack and q humbug, although he
may have spent his.entire lie and all
his available funds in perfectlng his III.
vetrigations. Again we say "absurd. y
If an ulcer is found upon one $ arm,
and is cured by some dear soul of a
grandmother, outside Of the code, it will
be pronounced bv the medical profess
sion an ulcer of little Importance But
if treated under the code, causing sleep
! less nights for a month, with the scien.
titic treatment, VIZ, plasters, washes,
dosing with morphine, arsenic and 9th.
cr vile substances, glven to prevent
blood poisoning or dealen pain, and
yet the ulcer becomes malignant, and
amputation is made necessary at last,
to save life, yet all done according to
the "isms' Of the medical code, tins is
much more gratifying to the ,nedlcal
profession, and adds more dignity to
that distinguished order than to be cur
ed by the dear OH granlmother's rem
edy.
This appears like severe arrAisn-
ment yet we believe that it expresses
the true standing of the medical profess
sion IN regard to remedies discovered
outside Of their special 'isms. y One OF
the most perplcXlng things Of the day
is the popularity Of certain remedies,
especially Warmers safe cure, which
we find for sale everywhere. The ply
sician of the highest standing is ready
to coucejle It's merits and sustain the
theories the proprictors have made
that is, that it benefits in most Of the
ailments of the human system because
it assists in putting the kidneys IN prop
er condition, thereby aiding in throw
Ing off the impurities Of the blood,
while others with less honesty and ex.
peuence dcridc, and are willing to see
Their patient die scientifically, and ac-
cOrling to the code, rather than have
him cared by this great remedy.
Yet we notice that the popularity of
thc-mrdicine continues to grow year by
! year. The discovcrer comes boldly be.
fore the people with its merits, and
proclaims them from door to door in
our opinion much more honorably than
the physician who, perchance, may Sc
cure patient from some catastrophe,
and is permitted to set a bone Of an
arm or Il finger, which he does with
great dignity, yet very soon after takes
the liberty to climb the editors back
stairs at 2 o'clock in the morning to
have it announced in the morning pa
per that "Dr. So-and.so was in attend.
ance,' and thus secures for his benefit
a beautiful and free advertisement.-
We shall leave it to our readers to say
which is the wiscst and most honorable.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. y. Suit, Druggist, Bippus. Ind, tcstl-
fcs: 81 can recommend Electric Bttcrs as
! the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has
| "ivcn relief in every case. One man took
| six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of
! 10 years standing Abraham Hare, drug
~ist, Bcllvllc Ohio, ailirms: "rhe best sell
= IN n,.l,nt,,n I how bunl1nl N Oh